High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14482
CVE-2017-14482
Description
GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML element that specifies execution of shell commands, related to an unsafe text/enriched extension in lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, and unsafe Gnus support for enriched and richtext inline MIME objects in lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. In particular, an Emacs user can be instantly compromised by reading a crafted email message (or Usenet news article).
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Affected products
20- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07nvd
News mentions
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